To me, everything's competition.

People need medicine and they need therapists.

I wanted to change my name to Romeo Florentino. Romeo Florentino – that’s a good fighter’s name.

I had gotten injured during the boxing, and I was supposed to take several months off because I’d had a couple of concussions, and so I sort of just left the boxing and got into the acting by accident.

All that prosthetic makeup drains you. By the time it’s lunch, you’re done.

Evan Rachel Wood is the best actress I’ve ever worked with, hands down.

I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it’s like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I’m right there.

I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn’t get a job.

Since I knew wrestling was all choreographed, I thought, Oh, they don’t get hurt at all. But I walked away with a renewed respect for the sport. Because I was very ignorant before – I knew nothing about it.

Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There’s no connection.